Monitoring Millennium Development Goals in Brazilian municipalities: challenges to be met in facing up to iniquities

  • Westphal M
  • Zioni F
  • Almeida M
  • et al.
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Abstract

The Healthy Cities and Agenda 21 programs improve living and health conditions and affect social and economic determinants of health. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) indicators can be used to assess the impact of social agendas. A data search was carried out for the period 1997 to 2006 to obtain 48 indicators proposed by the United Nations and a further 74 proposed by the technical group for the MDGin Brazil. There is a scarcity of studies concerned with assessing the MDG at the municipal level. Data from Brazilian health information systems are not always consistent or accurate for municipalities. The lack of availability and reliable data led to the substitution of some indicators. The information systems did not always provide annual data; national household surveys could not be disaggregated at the municipal level and there were also modifications on conceptual definitions over time. As a result, the project created an alternative list with 29 indicators. MDG monitoring at the local community can be important to measure the performance of actions toward improvements in quality of life and social iniquities.

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Westphal, M. F., Zioni, F., Almeida, M. F. de, & Nascimento, P. R. do. (2011). Monitoring Millennium Development Goals in Brazilian municipalities: challenges to be met in facing up to iniquities. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 27(suppl 2), s155–s163. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x2011001400004

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